20. Now, O Lord our God, rescue us from his power, so all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you alone are the Lord.”
21. Isaiah son of Amoz sent this message to Hezekiah: “This is what the Lord God of Israel says: ‘Because you prayed to me concerning King Sennacherib of Assyria,
22. this is what the Lord says about him:“The virgin daughter Zion despises you – she makes fun of you;daughter Jerusalem shakes her head after you.
23. Whom have you taunted and hurled insults at?At whom have you shoutedand looked so arrogantly?At the Holy One of Israel!
24. Through your messengers you taunted the sovereign master,‘With my many chariots I climbed upthe high mountains,the slopes of Lebanon.I cut down its tall cedarsand its best evergreens.I invaded its most remote regions,its thickest woods.